Emoia cyanogaster

Emoia cyanogaster
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Emoia
Species:	E. cyanogaster
Binomial name
Emoia cyanogaster (Lesson, 1830)
Synonyms
Scincus cyanogaster Lesson, 1830 Eumeces carteretii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Mabuia carteretii — Boulenger, 1886 Lygosoma cyanogaster — Boulenger, 1895 Lygosoma (Keneuxia) dahlii F. Werner, 1898 Emoia cyanogaster — M.A. Smith, 1937 Gongylus carteretii — Frank & Ramus, 1995 Emoia cyanogaster — G. Adler, Austin & Dudley, 1995

The teal emo skink (Emoia cyanogaster) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found throughout Oceania.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. cyanogaster is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 600 m (2,000 ft).

Reproduction

E. cyanogaster is oviparous.

Further reading

• Lesson R-P (1830). "Description de quelques reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus ". pp. 34–65. In: Deperrey LI (1830). Voyage autour du Monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Sur la Corvette de La Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 ... Zoologie, Tome Second, 1re Partie. Paris: Arthus Bertrand. 471 pp. (Scincus cyanogaster, new species, pp. 47–48 + Plate III, figure 4). (in French).
• Smith MA (1937). "A Review of the Genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its Allies". Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213–234. (Emoia cyanogaster, new combination, p. 227).